{"product_id":"penguin-english-library-moby-dick-paperback-by-herman-melville","title":"Penguin English Library Moby-dick Paperback by Herman Melville","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2012-05-29)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e620\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780141198958\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e487.62\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.7 x 5.1 x 1.2\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Penguin English Library Edition of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick \u003c\/i\u003eby Herman Melville\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws, like an enormous shears, sliding further aft, bit the craft completely in twain...'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most expansive feats of imagination in the whole of literature: the mad, raging, Shakespearean tale of Captain Ahab's insane quest to kill a giant white whale that has taken his leg, and upon which he has sworn vengeance, at any cost. A creation unlike any other, this is an epic story of fatal monomania and the deepest dreams and obsessions of mankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eHerman Melville (1819-91) became in his late twenties a highly successful author of exotic novels based on his experiences as a sailor - writing in quick succession \u003ci\u003eTypee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOmoo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedburn \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhite-Jacket\u003c\/i\u003e. However, his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e was met with incomprehension and the other later works which are now the basis of his reputation, such as \u003ci\u003eBartleby, the Scrivener \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Confidence-Man\u003c\/i\u003e, were failures. Melville stopped writing fiction and the rest of his long life was spent first as a lecturer and then, for nineteen years, as a customs official in New York City. He was also the author of the immensely long poem \u003ci\u003eClarel, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was similarly dismissed. At the end of his life he wrote \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd, Sailor\u003c\/i\u003e which was published posthumously in 1924.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45353224437921,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780141198958","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780141198958.jpg?v=1762963117","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/penguin-english-library-moby-dick-paperback-by-herman-melville","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}